Talk:Clipping (morphology)

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"shortened to one of its parts" suggests that an entire element in the sense of morpheme remains. Is this really the definition that you find in Bauer (this is the last name, not Laurie)? To my knowledge clipping refers either 1. to words "shortened (in any way)", 2. morph deletion (but not morpheme deletion, the latter being referred to as ellipsis). By the way, Bauer's work dates from 1983--or is this a revised edition? --Sinatra 15:54, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I am not sure that apocope is a type of clipping. The word "apocope" is usually used to refer to a more or less subconscious deletion of a final sound, whether synchronically or diachronically, owing to the operation of laws of sound change or of phonology (Fr. "loup" from Vulgar Latin "lupu"). "Clipping" generally refers to a more or less conscious deletion of a final sound or sounds, with the deliberate intention of making a abbreviation (English "ad" from "advertisement"). Similarly with the other words. Any thoughts?--Gheuf 03:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)